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Halloween Kills designer Christopher Nelson explains the important details he had to consider when creating Michael Myers’ mask for the new trilogy.
Michael Myers’ mask is one of the most iconic symbols in horror, and Halloween Kills special effects makeup artist Christopher Nelson emphasized the need for accuracy when designing a new mask for the franchise.
“There’s all these things it has to have,” Nelson explained in a featurette uploaded to Universal Pictures’ YouTube channel. “There’s a little air bubble in the corner of the mouth, the way that they eyes are shaded on the inside but not the outside, dirt on the nose, swirls of matted hair. If it’s not there, it’s not the ’78 Shape. It must be there.”
He explains in the video that he knew the mask would be meticulously examined and judged by fans of the franchise, and they would be expecting accuracy in the details. “I knew Halloween fans were passionate. I’m one of them.”
The Halloween franchise has inspired a large collective of hobbyists to take interests in the masks and their subtle differences from film to film. This fan-interest has created an entire niche artist/horror fan community and economy. The original mask was created by painting a Captain Kirk mask and changing the hair, a process which many mask artists use today to create their own. Those particular Captain Kirk masks now sell for upwards of $10,000 (although the company does create newer replicas at a much lower price). A well-made replica of a mask from a Halloween film can range in price, often around $300 to $500, with some mask artists even becoming minor celebrities known for their Halloween replicas.
This new Halloween trilogy brought with it a new mask, which was intentionally modeled to be faithful to the original mask while showing reasonable weathering that would have occurred during the decades between Halloween (1978) and Halloween (2018).
“The Michael Myers mask is so iconic, it was very important to be authentic and honorable to [John Carpenter’s] original Halloween,” Halloween revival trilogy director David Gordon Green said in 2018. “Let’s not put our spin on it, let’s recreate the mask.” The director prioritized faithfulness to the original film not only in the design of the mask but also in many casting choices that were made as well.
Halloween Kills is now playing in theaters and streaming on Peacock. So far, the film has done incredibly well, making it potentially one of the most successful films to be released during the pandemic.
Halloween Ends, the final installment in Green’s trilogy, is scheduled to release on Oct. 14, 2022.
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